imitatio

Latin > English

imitatio imitationis N F :: imitation, copy, mimicking

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĭmĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I imitation (class.; cf. aemulatio).
I In gen.: imitatio virtutis aemulatio dicitur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 26: excellentium civium virtus imitatione digna, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17: imitatione tantam ingenii praestantiam consequi, id. Off. 3, 1, 1: ut ad imitationem sui vocet alios, id. Rep. 2, 42: periculosa exempli, id. Fl. 11, 24: antiquitatis, Quint. 11, 3, 10: nostrorum dictorum factorumque, id. 9, 2, 59: fori consiliorumque, id. 2, 4, 41 al.: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 215: nihil ostentationis aut imitationis afferre, id. 3, 12, 45: longe difficillima est imitationis imitatio, the copying of a copy, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 3: certatim haec omnis imitatio lacessivit, ut, etc., Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—
   B The faculty of imitation: ingenii signum in parvis praecipuum memoria est: ... proximum imitatio, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—
II In rhet. lang.
   A Imitation of an orator: imitatio est, in qua impellimur cum diligenti ratione, ut aliquorum similes in dicendo velimus esse, Auct. Her. 1, 2, 3; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 22 sq.; Quint. 10, 2.—
   B Imitation of a natural sound, onomatopœia, Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĭmĭtātĭō,¹¹ ōnis, f. (imitor), imitation, copie : Cic. Phil. 14, 17 ; Off. 3, 1, etc. || faculté d’imitation : Quint. 1, 3, 1 || onomatopée : Her. 4, 42.

Latin > German (Georges)

imitātio, ōnis, f. (imitor), I) die Nachahmung, im üblen Sinne = die Nachäffung, A) im allg. (Ggstz. veritas, verum), Cic. u.a. – B) als rhetor. t. t.: 1) die Nachahmung eines Redners, Cornif. rhet. 1, 3. – 2) die Nachahmung als die den Naturlaut nachahmende Bezeichnung eines Tons, die Onomatopöie, wie mugire, vagire etc., Cornif. rhet. 4, 42. – C) der Nachahmungstrieb, Quint. 1, 3, 1. – II) konkr., die Nachahmung, Kopie (als Bild einer Person usw.), cum est arduum similitudinem effingere ex vero, tum longe difficillima est imitationis imitatio, Plin. ep. 4, 28, 3.

Translations

imitation

Asturian: imitación; Belarusian: імітацыя; Bulgarian: имитация; Catalan: imitació; Chinese Mandarin: 模擬／模拟, 模仿; Czech: napodobení, imitace; Danish: imitation, efterligning; Dutch: navolging; Finnish: jäljittely, imitaatio; French: imitation; Galician: imitación; German: Imitation, Nachahmung; Greek: μίμηση; Ancient Greek: μίμησις; Hebrew: חִקּוּי‎; Hungarian: utánzás; Japanese: 模倣, 真似; Latin: imitatio; Norwegian Bokmål: imitasjon; Nynorsk: imitasjon; Old English: onhyring; Polish: imitacja, imitatorstwo, naśladownictwo; Portuguese: imitação, arremedo; Romanian: imitare; Russian: имитация, подражание; Spanish: imitación; Telugu: అనుకరణ; Turkish: taklit, öykünme, öyküntü; Ukrainian: імітація